Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-09-10


Eminent Practitioners from Many Lands
I'm Council 1t Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September 5.-In
round numbers it is estimated that the IN
vading army of doctors now contains about
500 individuals. The work of registration
is stin in progress and exact figures are not
yet obtainable. Of these, nine.aenths are
Americans. They range in appearance from
the bright eyed and aggressive young prac-
ticioner not many years away from the arms
of alma mater to the gold specialized, snowy
headed and reverend college professor, but
an air of bonhomie everywhere, prevails
among them. OF the 800 or 400 foreigners
present there are florid. portly Englishmen,
swarthy Italians, Turks and Persians,
blonde Russians, Norwegians and Swedes,
with Frenchmen, Danes, Germans, Servians,
Mexicans and South Americans, in every
type of eminent responsibility.
French appears to be the favorite tongue
for International communication, but there
are not few of the foreigners who seem to
turn without an effort from Servian to Span
ish and from Norwegian to Greek, whose
English, though fluent, is rather hard to
recognize as such.
Before the hour of opening every seat in
Albaugh's opera house was occupied. The
orchestra and orchestra circle were reserved
for members of the congress. Ladies were in
q considerable majority in the dress circle
and gentlemen in the upper gallery. Pri-
vate boxes were filled by the wives and fam
lilies of the officers of the congress. President
Cleveland, Secretary Bayard and Speaker
Carlisle were escorted by DR.. Garnett to
seats upon the stage at IL o'clock and were
tod NIT Alone hut tho
The assemblage was called to order BY
Professor Henry NJ. Smith, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the executive committee. He
said it was known to all present, as well as
to physicians throughout the world, that In
May 1884 representative members of the
profession in the United States decided to
send fraternal greeting to the eighth inter-
national medical congress then about to
assemble in the capitol of Denmark and ask
that the ninth international medical con-
gress might meet in the city of Washington.
This invitation being accepted. an
executive committee was named to
make necessary arrangements. The
result of their labors was seen
in this large assembly, which the register
showed contained many of the most bril-
liant and distinguished medical minds of
Europe, as well as America. To welcome
these guests of the profession and show his
interest in great humanitarian object, the
president of the United States had consented
to open the congress for the organization.
He had the honor to announce Honorable
Grover Cleveland, president of the United
States of America.
The president arose, bowed to the assem-
blage, and when the applause had subsidized
he said:
ST feel that the country should be con-
graduated to-day upon the presence
at our capital of so many of our
own country and those representing
foreign countries who have distinguished
them selves in the science of medicine and
are devoted to its further progress. My
duty on this occasion is very pleasing and
a very brief one. It is simply to declare
that the ninth international medical con-
gress is now open for organization and the
transaction of business"
At banquet rendered by the Association
of American Medical editors this evening to
distinguished foreign medical editors, COW
ers were laid for $50.